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I don't know if the story was substantiated, but I had read at some point when researching my LM-2 that Prince had grown tired of his LM-1 and other signature syths (more than likely to include the Oberheim OB-8) and boxed them up and put them outside his studio with a sign that read "free" on it. Of course, now I can't find this article, but the idea of it just kills me so I like to think it is true because it makes for a good story and I am sucker for and drool over any vintage electronic equipment that has wood sides.I cut my teeth on Prince and my first album I owned of his was 1999, I was 11 and I am sure Lady Cab Driver probably wasn't appropriate, but I never let my mom hear that song and I thank her now for leaving me to my own devises and for also taking me to the theatre to see Purple Rain when it came out. Prince has always been a pioneer with his choices in instrumentation and he was on the cutting edge with the LM-1 and synths he chose. I am a sucker for that genre of R&B - Prince obviously, Ready for the World, Cameo, Zapp and Roger, Midnight Star, Dazz Band, etc. I had read somewhere that the height of the R&B synth movement came about because New Wave was fading out and all the white kids were getting rid of their equipment, which made them finally affordable and obtainable by black artists. Let me bring this all back into focus regarding a contemporary album. When listening to the most recent Chromeo album, Fancy Footwork, I have an idea where that box of Prince's old equipment may have ended up.